MIT Shuts Down Internal Grant Database After It Was Used to Research School’s Israel Ties
A new report from MIT Coalition for Palestine details Israeli-funded research into everything from drone swarms to underwater surveillance.
Category: News
The devastating impact of 15 months of war on Gaza
The Israeli response to Hamas’s attacks on 7 October 2023 has killed tens of thousands, left most schools and hospitals in ruins, and caused long-term damage to agricultural land in the territory
‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza
Fadi al-Wahidi’s condition is deteriorating, say hospital staff, who do not have medication needed to treat him
Sense of impunity ‘absolute’: The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account
The Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli soldiers’ own social media footage as evidence for war crimes investigations.
In Solidarity With Katherine Franke, Our Former Board Chair
Prof. Franke Will No Longer Teach at Columbia Law School, Stemming from her Defense of Palestinian Students
EU funding for Israeli tech raises fresh concerns of complicity in genocide
EU funds suspected of supporting artificial intelligence technologies used by Israel to ‘locate and kill’ civilians.
Experts say Israel uses these technologies for ‘extrajudicial executions’ in Gaza, violating international law
Historians Condemn ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza at Conference
The measure now goes to the group’s elected council for approval, disapproval or a vote of the organization’s 10,000-plus full membership.
Germany defunds 2 Israeli human rights groups
The German government has quietly cut funding for Zochrot and New Profile, following an earlier defunding of Palestinian NGOs. Some observers fear the move will shrink space for those critical of the Israeli government.
‘This is basically a civil war’: West Bank in fear as Palestinian Authority battles militant groups
PA seeking to prove it will be able to handle governing the Gaza Strip when the war there ends
Dr. Abu Safiya’s abduction : Forced disappearances are a crime against humanity
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI): Despite clear documentation of his arrest, the army officially stated that it has no indication of the arrest or detention of the Kamal Adwan Hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.
Agnes Callamard (Secretary General, Amnesty International): So in a new twist, the IDF now acknowledges detaining Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, insisting he is investigated for links with Hamas. Please join @amnesty in calling for Dr. Hussam to be granted access to a lawyer and his family, and for his release.